But she said Trump wanted to allow for a "swift and thorough examination of the facts" related to Comey's ouster and the multiple investigations into his campaign's possible ties to Russian Federation.

Senators will nearly certainly ask Comey whether Trump asked him to drop an Federal Bureau of Investigation probe into Flynn's contacts with Russian government officials.

Trump told NBC News he fired Comey in part because of the "Russia thing", which he called a "made-up story".

Burr, a North Carolina Republican who last spoke to Comey on Saturday, said Comey will be free to discuss his interactions with President Donald Trump and the investigation into Russian election interference, and that he was cleared to do so by special counsel Robert Mueller III.

If Comey's testimony confirms several anonymously sourced reports that have appeared in the press since his firing - for instance, a report that Trump asked Comey to drop the FBI investigation into fired National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, and that Comey wrote a memo documenting this - it could be very damaging for the president.

Comey is said to have written detailed notes about three conversations he had with Trump while still Federal Bureau of Investigation director.

White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Friday the decision by the White House counsel's office hasn't been made yet.

The online news outlet said the NSA report depicted a hacking operation tied closely to Moscow's GRU intelligence directorate that targeted private U.S. companies providing voter registration services and equipment to local governments around the country.

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Shourav Dasari , a past victor of both minor-league bees, was described as the consensus favorite as the ESPN broadcast began. It had added a tiebreaker test, but it did not come into play. "It motivates me", she said.

Trump dismissed the scientific consensus that rising temperatures are caused primarily by fossil fuels like coal and oil. The White House did not confirm the reports , while Trump restated that his decision would be announced this week.

It even raked in less money than the weeks-old Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 which added $25.1 million to its treasure chest. It has now surpassed the domestic, foreign, and worldwide totals of the original, which topped out at $773.3 million in 2014.

Trudeau then introduced his wife, Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, to the Pope along with officials from the Prime Minister's Office. Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission has called for a papal apology, as part of the healing process for survivors.

If the poll is accurate and the swing were uniform across the country, the Tories would be 17 seats short of an overall majority. YouGov's election model was based on voting intention figures which gave May a lead of just 3 percentage points, YouGov said.

Some of these accounts can be created by real people and some can be created by computers - the last types are known as 'bots'. Just over a year ago he had just 7.6 million followers, but only 8% were fake, according to FiveThirtyEight .

During a speech Monday in Berlin , Merkel did not specifically mention Trump but quoted a 1963 speech by former President John F. Merkel also emphasized the continued need for friendly relations with the USA and others.

By then, Saina had found her rhythm and her range as she started calling the shots to race to a 11-8 advantage. From there on, he did not let his Thai opponent make a recovery and won the game comfortably.

Lalchand Rajput , who has held several positions with India A previously, and Dodda Ganesh are the Indian applicants. So if Kumble denies to be the coach further, the only option left with the board is to find a replacement for him.

He finished the race less than four second behind Hamilton , and Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo was nowhere close finishing a distant third.

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